BENGALURU: Two people were killed in separate accidents involving BMTC buses in the city on Thursday.

A BMTC bus travelling from SBM Railway Station to Silk Board collided with a Tata Ace and a car near Madiwala bus stand around 6:30 am on Thursday, and then hit a 65-year-old pedestrian, Venkataramaiah, who was standing on the footpath.

Venkataramaiah died on the spot. He was a vegetable vendor who had come to the bus stand to collect vegetables. The Madivala traffic police have registered a case in connection with the incident. The body of the deceased has been shifted to St John’s Hospital for post-mortem examination.

In another incident, a BMTC bus crushed to death a 70-year-old woman in Vijayanagar. The deceased was identified as Susheela, a resident of Nagarabhavi. Susheela had ali

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